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R (Greyhound Board of Great Britain Ltd) v Welsh Ministers [2026] EWHC 670 (Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling reinforces the constitutional divide between the courts and the legislature. It explains that the scheme and framework of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (GWA 2006) embody that separation of powers, and that any judicial attempt to recognise and enforce a common law obligation on Welsh Ministers to consult prior to introducing legislation in the Senedd would trespass upon that boundary. This is not a departure from established principle; case law has already upheld comparable rules for lawmakers in Scotland and at Westminster. However, this is the first express confirmation of the position for Welsh lawmakers, and the first time this dimension of the GWA 2006 has been analysed in such depth. The court examined earlier
The solution arrived through the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), a quasi‑judicial body handling mass claims, created under UN Security Council Resolution 687. By addressing environmental harm—most notably via its ‘F4’ claim class—the UNCC set a seminal benchmark shaping how international law and contemporary arbitral panels allocate financial responsibility for wartime ecological devastation. With present-day wars in areas such as Eastern Europe and the Middle East bringing dam breaches, strikes on chemical facilities, and the burning of farmland, the UNCC’s legacy endures as an essential reference point for states, global investors, and companies engaged in post‑conflict arbitration. The F4 claims: Quantifying the unquantifiable Prior to the 1990s, mechanisms in international law for war reparations overwhelmingly favoured property loss, foregone earnings, and bodily injury. The natural world was commonly treated as a mute, non-compensable victim of armed hostilities...
Understanding the farming business as a business Many farms still use long-standing structures that arose by habit, not strategy. Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common. While once effective, such setups can cause major issues around succession, tax planning and involving the next generation. A corporate team can take a fresh, business-led view of the farm, asking: Who owns the land and other critical assets? Who manages daily operations? Who carries the risk and who enjoys the return? What is the enduring plan for succession? From this review, the team can confirm whether the current setup is fit for purpose or if an alternative — for example an updated partnership agreement, a company, a limited liability partnership, or a blended model — would better meet the family’s aims. Tax efficiency through joined-up advice Tax sits at the centre of most
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In this issue: Sanctions Data protection Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Sanctions OFSI issues £160,000 monetary penalty on Bank of Scotland for financial sanctions breaches The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) has levied a £160,000 penalty on Bank of Scotland Plc ( Bank of Scotland) for contraventions of regulations 11 (dealing with funds) and 12 (making funds available) under the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/855. Imposed pursuant to section 146 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 ( PCA 2017), the sanction concerns the bank’s processing of 24 transactions, totalling £77,383.39, to and from a personal current account held by an individual designated under the Russia Regulations. See: LNB News 26/01/2026 18......
Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework In this issue: Intellectual property Research and development Medical devices Commercialisation Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Life Sciences UK—key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026 This News Analysis compiles the key shifts across UK Life Sciences in 2025 and flags what lies ahead in 2026. It covers clinical trials, medical devices, the pharmaceutical regulatory environment, AI and digital health, pricing and reimbursement, significant IP and competition law litigation, and data protection in life sciences, among other updates. See News Analysis: Life Sciences UK—key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026. UK refreshes its collection of ILAP guidance The MHRA has updated its guidance suite for the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway ( ILAP), created to quicken patient access to medicines. From 2025, ILAP was widened to include...
LLC Eurochem North‑ West‑2 v Techimont SPA & others [2026] EWCA Civ 5 What are the practical implications of the case? In the wake of the Court of Appeal’s ruling, it is apparent that the English courts will readily uphold peremptory directions issued by an arbitral tribunal or an emergency arbitrator, including peremptory directions granting anti‑suit relief under AA 1996, s 42. The decision provides a stark caution to parties who elect to step away from arbitration (despite being party to an arbitration agreement) and instead advance parallel proceedings before foreign courts. Although outcomes remain fact‑specific, the Court of Appeal’s judgment confirms that the English courts possess the power to enforce anti‑suit relief ordered by arbitration tribunals. What was the background? The context to this dispute is lengthy yet significant and important to understand in full......
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cost and funding Case management Scottish Dispute Resolution New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Court information HMCTS updates Form N215 certificate of service HM Courts & Tribunals Service ( HMCTS) has issued a revised English Form N215 Certificate of Service for civil proceedings, which also brings in a new statement of truth. While the layout has been updated, the details required remain unchanged, with extra notes added to assist with completing the form. For further detail, see: HMCTS updates Form N215 certificate of service— LNB News 27/01/2026 36. Additional permanent courtrooms to boost capacity The government will make four former Nightingale Courts in Fleetwood, Telford, Chichester and Cirencester permanent, creating 11 additional courtrooms across England and Wales to increase capacity for...
In this issue: Probate Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Regulatory compliance for Private Client Budgets and Finance Bills Charity and philanthropy Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Probate The court’s approach to kin inquiries, genealogy and forensic DNA testing ( Dorant v Dorant) In Dorant v Dorant, the court was required to identify the persons entitled to participate in an intestate estate of c.£2.75m where the deceased died unmarried, left no issue, and his parents had already died. Prior to this, the authors were...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental information Environmental permits and consents ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments and materials Government outlines approach to resetting UK- EU relations The government has issued its reply to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee ( EAC) on renewing UK‑ EU relations after the May 2025 summit, explaining recent deals and progress in ongoing talks. See: LNB News 28/01/2026 21. Air emissions and climate change Defra launches consultation on reducing smoke emissions from solid fuel burning The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( Defra) has...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Restructuring Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation Daily and weekly news alerts New content Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service publishes December 2025 enforcement outcomes management information The Insolvency Service has refreshed its enforcement outcomes management information tables for December 2025. The figures show 80 director disqualifications and no bankruptcy or debt relief restrictions. See: LNB News 27/01/2026 7. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( Commencement No 7) Regulations 2026 SI 2026/57 These Regulations commence provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 that remove the facility for companies to keep member details on the central register, with a transitional provision for companies that currently do so. They took effect on 26 January 2026. See: LNB News 26/01/2026 14. Corporate insolvency...
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In this issue: Competition and state aid Commercial Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Competition and state aid Commission opens EU DMA specification proceedings for Google interoperability and data sharing obligations The European Commission has begun two specification procedures to clarify how Google meets its EU Digital Markets Act ( DMA) duties, formalising its regulatory dialogue with Google while taking no stance on compliance. The first relates to Article 6(7), requiring free and effective interoperability for third-party developers with hardware and software features governed by the Android operating system. It concentrates on capabilities used by Google’s own artificial intelligence ( AI) services, including Gemini, and aims to explain how...
Banking & Finance— December 2025 and January 2026 case round-up Skyros Maritime Corp and another company v Hapag- Lloyd AG ‘ Skyros’ & ‘ Agios Minas’ [2025] EWCA Civ 1529 Shipping finance—charterparty damages for late redelivery of vessels The Court of Appeal allowed the owners’ appeal from the Commercial Court concerning damages arising from the delayed redelivery of time‑chartered container ships. The vessels, ‘ SKYROS’ and ‘ AGIOS MINAS’, were returned late in breach of the charterparties by Hapag‑ Lloyd, after the owners had already arranged to sell them. The central question was whether the owners could obtain substantial damages—calculated as the gap between market and charter rates—for the overrun period even though they had no plan to re‑fix the ships. The Court of Appeal confirmed they could. Applying the settled maritime principle, damages for late redelivery are assessed by reference to the market rate,...
Antitrust The CMA has widened the scope of its probe, extending it to cover further parties as part of its ongoing investigation into suspected breaches of the Chapter I prohibition arising from bid‑rigging connected to the supply of roofing and other construction services for schools—see further, case page. NOTE— For all behavioural investigations before the CMA, see further, UK behavioural investigations—ongoing cases tracker. Subsidy control The Subsidy Advice Unit has accepted a request to prepare a report offering advice to the Department for Business and Trade on its proposed subsidy to Post Office Limited—see further, case page. NOTE— For all decisions referred to the Subsidy Advice Unit under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, see further, UK subsidy control—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates For dates of forthcoming UK competition developments, see further, UK Competition calendar......
R (on the application of Lyrae) v Somerset Council [2025] EWHC 3261 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment further demonstrates the modest bar for submitting successive homelessness applications, and should be essential reading for all homelessness decision-makers and their managers. It shows that whether something counts as a new fact is intensely case-specific, yet commonly there will be a single rational conclusion. Where a local housing authority feels compelled to look behind the paperwork to test credibility or assess the weight of material, it has moved into stage-two enquiries that are not allowed at stage one. Bearing in mind timescales and legal costs, it may prove quicker and more economical to lean towards caution and treat it as a fresh application where the answer to ‘is it an application at all?’ is not plain. What was the...
In this issue Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Useful Information Trackers Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Finance Bill 2026: Public Bill Committee amendments On 23 January 2026, the government tabled further changes to the Finance Bill 2026, including amendments 37 and 38 to revise clause 13. Clause 13 extends the timeframe to exercise an enterprise management incentives ( EMI) qualifying option from ten to fifteen years, and the government’s amendments would apply a matching adjustment for capital gains tax business asset disposal relief ( BADR), resolving the anomaly that would otherwise have affected the tax treatment of EMI options. Both amendments were scrutinised and approved during the Finance Bill Committee’s first sitting on 27 January 2026, with the clause, as amended, agreed to and ordered to stand part of the Bill....
In this issue: UK antitrust UK mergers UK private actions UK market studies EU Digital Markets Act Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Caselex UK antitrust CMA publishes guidance on competition law and collaboration between higher education providers The CMA has issued new online guidance on how higher education institutions can work together, setting out how competition law applies to co-operation across the sector. It recognised that collaboration is increasingly prevalent, and stressed that neither structured nor informal joint working automatically triggers competition law issues. The document mirrors the CMA’s growing attention to education in recent years—more generally, covering, for example, its probes into Education Software Solutions—and notes, in particular, a 2025 CMA blog saying that enforcement will not be a priority where...
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—29 January 2026 In this issue: Data protection Sanctions Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection EDPB issues refreshed FAQs and procedural rules on the EU- US Data Privacy Framework The European Data Protection Board ( EDPB) has released updated guidance on the EU- US Data Privacy Framework ( DPF). The package includes revised frequently asked questions ( FAQs) for European individuals and organisations, a refreshed template complaint form for DPF-related commercial grievances, and amended rules of procedure for the informal panel of EU Data Protection Authorities ( DPAs), superseding the versions adopted in 2024. See: LNB News 26/01/2026 7......
Kat Yue Construction Engineering v Fai Lee Construction ( H. K.) Ltd, HCA 2494/2024, [2026] HKCFI 408 What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling offers practical direction on how the Hong Kong court handles the relationship between arbitration clauses in primary contracts and settlement agreements that expressly remove them. The ‘centre of gravity’ approach: Where linked agreements contain inconsistent dispute resolution terms, the court identifies the essence of the claim and selects the agreement most closely tied to the controversy. That agreement’s dispute resolution mechanism will govern—even if another contract still has relevance. Respect for express exclusions: The court will not stretch to fit disputes within an arbitration clause where the parties have clearly agreed otherwise. Readings that would render an express exclusion clause redundant should be avoided. Avoiding fragmentation: Courts are slow to endorse...
In this issue: Key PI and clinical negligence news Occupiers’ liability Clinical negligence Public authorities and the state Abuse and criminal injuries Road traffic accidents Costs Other PI and clinical negligence news Lexis Nexis® Quantum Portal Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Key PI and clinical negligence news HMCTS updates Form N215 certificate of service HM Courts & Tribunals Service ( HMCTS) has refreshed the English edition of Form N215 Certificate of Service for civil proceedings, introducing a new statement of truth. While the layout has been altered, the information to be completed is unchanged, with extra guidance notes now included to support completion. See: LNB News 27/01/2026 36. Occupiers’...
In this issue: Relationship breakdown Domestic abuse Public children Private children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Relationship breakdown New divorce law release note HM Courts and Tribunals Service has issued a new divorce law release note confirming that from 5 January 2026, solicitors will be able to remove a draft case. The matter will then move to a withdrawn status on manage cases/core case data ( CCD). After submit has been selected, solicitors will no longer be able to view the matter. Where the matter has been shared with colleagues, they will likewise lose access. Solicitors will receive an email notification confirming that the matter has been withdrawn. Domestic abuse Inspectorates find inconsistent recognition of children as domestic abuse victims despite Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission ( CQC), HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services ( HMICFRS), and HM...
Antitrust Court of Justice delivers ruling on a Portuguese reference interpreting the Damages Directive provisions for national actions concerning breaches of competition law The Court of Justice has ruled in Case C‑286/24, Meliá Hotels International, a reference from Portugal that, in particular, among other issues, asks whether a national court may assess the plausibility of a claim for damages under Article 5(1) of Directive 2014/104/ EU solely by relying on the existence of a decision adopted by a competition authority. This is a national reference. Background Article 5(1) of the Damages Directive stipulates that Member States must ensure that, in proceedings concerning an action for damages within the EU, upon the request of a claimant who has submitted a reasoned justification setting out reasonably available facts and evidence that are sufficient to support the plausibility of its damages claim, national courts are empowered to order the...
EU financial services developments ESMA publishes translations of Mi CA guidelines on assessment of knowledge and competence The European Securities and Markets Authority ( ESMA) has issued translations of its guidelines detailing criteria for assessing knowledge and competence under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation ( Mi CA). These guidelines apply to competent authorities and cryptoasset service providers ( CASPs), as defined in Article 3(1)(15) of Mi CA, as set out therein......
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